Sr. Manager Qa Auditor, Quality Assurance And Auditing
Current• Led Good Pharmacovigilance Practice (GVP) qualification and routine vendor audits (e.g., specialty pharmacy, market research program, patient support program, safety case processing), sent and followed-up on distributor surveys, and led internal process audits (e.g., safety case processing, labelling development and maintenance, aggregate report writing, signal detection, safety data exchange agreement, and adverse event and product technical complaint reconciliation).• Collaborated within QAA, with vendors, and with Business Owners/Functional Area Leads to facilitate audit closure (e.g., followed-up on auditee response to audit findings within designated timeframes, reviewed/discussed/consulted on audit responses with vendor and interdepartmentally).• Collaborated internally and with vendors to guide, discuss, and obtain documentation of actions taken for corrective action/ preventive action related to major observation(s). Reviewed, during follow-up audits, actions taken by auditee in response to minor observations noted in prior audit. • Contributed within QAA to maintaining/extending the GVP audit universe, conducting benefit/risk analysis, and from analysis results developing the annual pharmacovigilance audit schedule. • Assisted in selection and hiring of QAA GVP auditors, as well as selection and onboarding of contract auditors.• Trained new audit team members and contract auditors. • Provided oversight to ensure audits were performed appropriately. • Participated on cross-functional teams such as the audit database development team to facilitate database development and database compliance with related regulations and internal procedures.• Independently identified training opportunities for staff members such as search techniques to assist auditors in conducting data analysis of safety case line listings, and group review of audit findings for development and consistency in classification of audit observations.